NHS review of adult 'gender' services

It will be interesting to see how they measure outcomes. I see a lot of “Black Knight” attitude in the adult medicalised trans population, like saying they’re completely fine despite someone pointing out their arms have been chopped off.

“I have problems with x, y and X but I’m great, honest!”

It will be important to document the actual problems.

I’ve just clicked on that GP link to WPATH @ArabellaScott and although the link is still there when you click on it there is now an ‘error 404’ message saying the page can’t be found. Is this WPATH deleting things or just my phone being dodgy?

Interestingly there is a 2 page article in this weeks BMJ about the BMA opposing the Cass review with the usual stuff about marginalised people accessing vital healthcare but there is a quote too at the end from Dr Nick Brown, paediatrician and editor in chief of Archives of Diseases In Childhood defending the research methods of the York group and categorically backing up Cass’ findings.

Nothing mentioned about the letter signed against the BMAs decision but I guess it might have gone to print before that came out.

This will be very interesting, arabella. The adult clinics certainly need to be reviewed.

I look forward to the findings.

What I noticed today was that this has been another impact of the Cass Report. I hope that these reviews that are starting or being asked for bring about positive change.

https://x.com/bernardlane/status/1823548538133029299?s=46&t=HTxp6zCd4GZ2FFv4a-YeQ

Treatment guidelines used by gender clinics in Australian children’s hospitals falsely claim a medical consensus and mislead parents, distressed young people and health professionals in the wider community.

This claim has been put to Australia’s Health Minister Mark Butler by the National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP), which is calling for an independent federal inquiry, an audit of gender clinic medical records and a centralised registry tracking all minors treated for gender dysphoria.

NAPP president Dr Philip Morris wrote to Mr Butler on August 2, and also sent him a 19-page overview of the gender clinic debate written by Melbourne psychiatrist and researcher Dr Alison Clayton. These two documents went to state and territory health ministers across Australia’s federation on August 12.

This initiative emerged from the NAPP’s July 2 webinar with British paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass on the relevance to Australia of her 2020-24 review of youth dysphoria care.

“While we note that [England’s National Health Service] and the Australian health system are different, the clinical issues regarding gender identity concerns and gender dysphoria in young people are very similar in our two countries,” Dr Morris’s letter to Mr Butler says.

“We consider the general recommendations about the assessment and treatment of youth with gender incongruence and dysphoria by the Cass review are applicable to Australia.”

They are beginning to notice that it is going to cost them a fortune in malpractice suits and medical care for survivors.

I assume detransitioner accounts will also be looked at, as these accounts most often reveal the overwhelmingly affirmative model being pursued by gender cllinicians.

This is long overdue.

Adults asking for hormones just seem to get them and there's no where near enough resources to offer therapy alongside so it's just not an option.

I'm not convinced full side effects are communicated properly either.